Ice-chest shelf.



1,218,1ccff Be it known that I, Isae o. einem@ citizen off the UnitedStates, anda resident; ofthe city of'- Chicago, county of Cook, and

State of'lllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIce- Chest f Shelves, of which the following isaspeci- My inventionrelates yto improvements .in shelves for ice chests vand has forv itsobject the provision of an improved shelf ofv this 1 character soconstructed as to facilitate the insertion of vertically elongatedarticles such as milk and other bottles inthe ice chest The inventionconsists in; the combinations and arragements of parts vhereinafterdescribed and claimed. l l

The invention will be best understood by reference .to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification, and in Figure 1 `is aperspective View of the front l of an ice chest showing a shelf[embodyl' ing my invention in position of use, and l l2an enlarged topplan view of the The preferred l form ofl construction` as v bentdownwardly to form a supportmo' legrv lfj'the illustrated in the drawingcomprises a subv' l .'stantially rectangular frame formed from a singlerod 3 bent to form both sides,` the rear and the larger portion of thelfront of said frame but terminating at a point some 'distance from oneside of said frame so as to leaveja gap 4 therein, the end of said rodat the inner corner of said gap. belng 5 adapted -to rest upon thebottom -o ice chest and vconstitute a support fortbecorrespondingportion ofthe frame'.-l A re-l inforcing rod 6 is extended from thefront to the rear of said frame adjacent Athe' inner sideof said gap andwires 7 are extended' 'y between the reinforcing rod 6 and thecorthereofbeing supported on inwardly pro j Vj ecting' p1ns vresponding portionofthe frame toform a supporting shelf in the usual manner- The shelf isinserted as the lowerqshelf of the ice chest in the-usual manner,thesides 8 in the ice chest orv otljieru suit-vv able means of support.Theflengthtof the supporting leg is such that it restsfupon.

' the bottom of the ice chest thus cio'nstitutil1g5A I' T acorresponding support for afcorneraof the j By this varanifeni'c'antit/willfbe fob#j if served vthat'.vertically elongatedlarticles such.; v 'dshelf.

"zlufasimillifor other'bottles may be readily inn.

Vserted 1in. the ice chest, the tops thereof `ex tending'tzhroughthe gapthus formed in the the preferred for-ln of construction for carrying myinvention into eHect, thisis'capa'ble I of variation' and vmodificationwithout departing 'fromthe spirit of the invention. l

therefore, do not wish' to be limited to the r precise details ofconstruction set forth, butv desire to avail myself of such variationsand' modifications as come .thcf appended claims. 4

Having described mylI invention what l claim as new and desire to secureby Let- `Within the scope of p ters Patent is v1..'.Anv-ice chestincluding the'rend walls equipped with shelf supporting means,'incombination with .a shelf of appreciably less length vthan the distancebetween saidV end walls, an extensionfon the rear of saidv shelfcomplementing the qsame to the full lwidth between said walls andadaptedto rest upon the adjacent supporting'members and a leg ontheforward corner' of thev end provided with said' extension,substantiallyV as described. `f .A

2. .Anv ice chest including the end walls equippedwithshelf supportingmeans, in combination with a shelf comprising a frame ofappreciablylesslengthfthan the distance betweensajid end walls and a bodjT portionsupported-thereon, an extension on the rear of said shelf complementingthe same to the full width between said walls andadapted to rest uponthe adjacent supportingmembers', and a leg onj'the forward corner of theend provided ywith said extension,jsubstantially as described.

. 3.1 Anv icechestancluding the end walls' equipped shelf'supportinglmeans, in combination with a shelf comprising a frame ofappreciablyless length than the distance between" said vend w alls and a.body

ion ysupported thereon," the rear. member poffsaid framelbeing'extendedjto the full width andthen bent forward to rest upon theadjacent supporting members, `and a le on the vforward? corner'of th eyend provi ed with .said e xtension' substantiallyffasfdescribed.

v leg adapted to rest upon the bottom of an, ice chest; a reinforcingrod Connecting the front and rear portions of said frame at the side ofsaid gap; and a wire mesh supported said reinforcing rod and thecorrespond- 1 ,maree Vname to thiS s'p'ecication in the two subscribingWitnesses.,l

ing` portions of said frame, substantially as 10 described. j y l,

' In testimony whereof l have signed my presence of isAo o.I oARLsoN.Witnesses:

JOSHUA R. H. Poivre,

HELEN' F. Linus.

